maturus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”), with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early". See also Mātūta, mānus (“good”) and mānē (“early in the morning”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maːˈtuː.rus/

Adjective

mātūrus (feminine mātūra, neuter mātūrum); first/second declension

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	mātūrus	mātūra	mātūrum	mātūrī	mātūrae	mātūra
Genitive	mātūrī	mātūrae	mātūrī	mātūrōrum	mātūrārum	mātūrōrum
Dative	mātūrō	mātūrae	mātūrō	mātūrīs	mātūrīs	mātūrīs
Accusative	mātūrum	mātūram	mātūrum	mātūrōs	mātūrās	mātūra
Ablative	mātūrō	mātūrā	mātūrō	mātūrīs	mātūrīs	mātūrīs
Vocative	mātūre	mātūra	mātūrum	mātūrī	mātūrae	mātūra

comparative: mātūrior, superlative: mātūrissimus, also mātūrrimus

Antonyms

(mature): immātūrus

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: matur, mãtur
Bulgarian: матура (matura)
Catalan: madur
Dalmatian: matoir
English: mature
French: mûr, mature
Friulian: madûr

German: Matur, Matura
Italian: maturo
Occitan: madur
Portuguese: maduro, maturo
Romanian: matur, mator
Spanish: maduro

References

maturus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
maturus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
maturus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to die young: mature decedere
- (ambiguous) the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)

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